When I was a teenager, a friend bought me a pair of socks from Target for Christmas. They were cream and brown, with a symmetrical octagon pattern that looked like a star or snowflake. I brought them ...

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Norwegian TV is to broadcast a knitting contest, live on television for several hours. National Knitting Night is the latest instalment in the country's "slow TV" phase. Rune Moklebust, head of ...

Norwegian knits are famous around the world for beauty, warmth and durability. High quality machine-made sweaters in handsome traditional and new patterns, exported by Dale and other reliable ...

A television station in Norway is embracing a concept called “slow TV” and on Friday night it broadcast a nine-hour special devoted to knitting. TODAY’s Dylan Dryer reports from the Orange Room.

Knit one, purl … eight-plus hours of live stitching? That’s what’s happening tonight on Norwegian public broadcaster NRK2 as folks around the country gather in viewing parties. The show is part of a ...

I am thrilled to tell you that when Trafalgar Square Books sent me Arne & Carlos's new book, "Norwegian Knits with a Twist," they sent me two copies so that I can offer one in a book giveaway. More ...

Settle back into a cosy chair and switch on the TV at 5.30pm tonight for a nine-hour knitting extravaganza. Norway is live streaming the prime-time hobby show in their attempt to air more sedate ...

Norwegian network NRK plans air to five consecutive hours of knitting live this Nov. 1. The needling is the public broadcasting company’s latest foray into the world of slow TV, and arrives after the ...

Many of us spend hours watching exciting series like Breaking Bad or Mad Men. But would you spend 135 hours straight watching the journey of a boat travelling the length of Norway’s coastline? Tthat’s ...

Norwegian TV is to broadcast a knitting contest, live on television for several hours. National Knitting Night is the latest instalment in the country's "slow TV" phase. Rune Moklebust, head of ...